{"id":9999,"date":"2025-03-11T12:28:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T17:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/?p=9999"},"modified":"2025-03-11T12:31:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T17:31:41","slug":"march-2025-family-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/2025\/03\/11\/march-2025-family-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2025 Family Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Events<\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All Majors Career &amp; Internship Fair<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday, March 25\u201310 a.m.-1 p.m.\u2013Fulkerson Center<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Career Development Center is hosting the largest career event of the year. Students are invited to network and explore career opportunities in their field of study. Your students are encouraged to sign up for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/joinhandshake.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Handshake<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a network designed specially for students searching for a job, for the most up-to-date information on what employers will be in attendance.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conference on Applied Learning in Higher Education<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">March 6-7\u2013Fulkerson Center<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Missouri Western is hosting the 17th annual Conference on Applied Learning in Higher Education (CALHE) alongside the Griffon Office of Applied Learning (GOAL). This national conference highlights student work in hands-on applications and will invite conversation regarding new trends in both teaching and learning. Keynote speaker, Patrick M. Green will present: \u201cReflection as Assessment: Leveraging Critical Reflection to Assess Learning.\u201d As Missouri\u2019s official applied learning institution, we are excited to invite this conference to campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Save the Date: MIAA Day with the Royals<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday, April 26\u2013Kauffman Stadium<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This night is for our entire Griffon family! Come on out to The K on Saturday, April 26, at 6:10 pm when the Royals battle the Astros. And wear your Griffon pride with a bucket hat when you purchase a theme ticket through this link: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fevo-enterprise.com\/event\/MOWest\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/fevo-enterprise.com\/event\/MOWest<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">News &amp; Reminders<\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">780 students named to Honor Roll<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">426 students were named to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2025\/02\/24\/missouri-western-names-426-students-to-fall-2024-deans-list\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dean\u2019s Honor Roll<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and 354 students were named to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2025\/02\/24\/missouri-western-names-354-students-to-fall-2024-presidents-list\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President\u2019s Honor Roll<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the fall semester of 2024. Students were eligible to receive these honors if they carried 12 or more hours of graded credit and earned a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, or 4.0, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congratulations to all Griffons who earned these honors!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fall 2024 BSN Cohort achieves 100% first-time NCLEX pass rate<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All students who received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree last December passed their NCLEX licensure exam on their first attempt. This marks three cohorts in a row, and four out of the last five, to accomplish this incredible achievement. We couldn\u2019t be more #GriffonProud!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MLK Drum Major for Justice Award Banquet<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We hosted the 2nd Annual MLK Drum Major for Justice Award Banquet at the end of Black History Month. This event honored citizens who live ordinary lives and do extraordinary acts of service with reliability and commitment but seldom receive recognition. It was a night full of inspiration, community, and celebration. We were honored to award students, community members, and staff at this year\u2019s banquet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10004\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/03\/IMG_5605-Enhanced-NR-Edit-X4-10.51.43-AM.jpg\" alt=\"MLK Drum Major for Justice\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/03\/IMG_5605-Enhanced-NR-Edit-X4-10.51.43-AM-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/03\/IMG_5605-Enhanced-NR-Edit-X4-10.51.43-AM-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/03\/IMG_5605-Enhanced-NR-Edit-X4-10.51.43-AM-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/03\/IMG_5605-Enhanced-NR-Edit-X4-10.51.43-AM-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/03\/IMG_5605-Enhanced-NR-Edit-X4-10.51.43-AM-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/03\/IMG_5605-Enhanced-NR-Edit-X4-10.51.43-AM-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/03\/IMG_5605-Enhanced-NR-Edit-X4-10.51.43-AM-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/03\/IMG_5605-Enhanced-NR-Edit-X4-10.51.43-AM-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/03\/IMG_5605-Enhanced-NR-Edit-X4-10.51.43-AM-1320x880.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/03\/IMG_5605-Enhanced-NR-Edit-X4-10.51.43-AM-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/03\/IMG_5605-Enhanced-NR-Edit-X4-10.51.43-AM.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Griffon Spring Break Shuttle<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Griffon Kansas City Shuttle will be operating during Spring Break. The shuttle takes Missouri Western students from campus to the Kansas City Airport (MCI) and Union station on March 14th at 6:30 AM. The shuttle returns on March 22nd at 2:30 PM from Union Station and 7:00 PM from the airport. It is free for all students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"wp-image-10005 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/03\/2025-Spring-Break-Shuttle-Flyer.png\" alt=\"2025 Spring Break Shuttle Flyer\" width=\"482\" height=\"624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/03\/2025-Spring-Break-Shuttle-Flyer-200x259.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/03\/2025-Spring-Break-Shuttle-Flyer-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/03\/2025-Spring-Break-Shuttle-Flyer-400x518.png 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/03\/2025-Spring-Break-Shuttle-Flyer-600x777.png 600w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/03\/2025-Spring-Break-Shuttle-Flyer-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/03\/2025-Spring-Break-Shuttle-Flyer-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/03\/2025-Spring-Break-Shuttle-Flyer-800x1036.png 800w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/03\/2025-Spring-Break-Shuttle-Flyer-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/03\/2025-Spring-Break-Shuttle-Flyer-1200x1553.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/03\/2025-Spring-Break-Shuttle-Flyer-1320x1709.png 1320w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/03\/2025-Spring-Break-Shuttle-Flyer.png 1545w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nominations are open for the 43rd annual Alumni Awards<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img class=\" wp-image-9850 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/02\/1FAIpQLSdUjR-amwyVX5EFnXm89wpdJttmN4e2ZMY7-J8voqe9iOlxNQ_-OGAuadmwr_oeLi06Uw5_859208127_Nominations-Graphic.png\" alt=\"Alumni Awards\" width=\"345\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/02\/1FAIpQLSdUjR-amwyVX5EFnXm89wpdJttmN4e2ZMY7-J8voqe9iOlxNQ_-OGAuadmwr_oeLi06Uw5_859208127_Nominations-Graphic-200x249.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/02\/1FAIpQLSdUjR-amwyVX5EFnXm89wpdJttmN4e2ZMY7-J8voqe9iOlxNQ_-OGAuadmwr_oeLi06Uw5_859208127_Nominations-Graphic-241x300.png 241w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/02\/1FAIpQLSdUjR-amwyVX5EFnXm89wpdJttmN4e2ZMY7-J8voqe9iOlxNQ_-OGAuadmwr_oeLi06Uw5_859208127_Nominations-Graphic-400x497.png 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/02\/1FAIpQLSdUjR-amwyVX5EFnXm89wpdJttmN4e2ZMY7-J8voqe9iOlxNQ_-OGAuadmwr_oeLi06Uw5_859208127_Nominations-Graphic-600x746.png 600w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/02\/1FAIpQLSdUjR-amwyVX5EFnXm89wpdJttmN4e2ZMY7-J8voqe9iOlxNQ_-OGAuadmwr_oeLi06Uw5_859208127_Nominations-Graphic-768x955.png 768w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/02\/1FAIpQLSdUjR-amwyVX5EFnXm89wpdJttmN4e2ZMY7-J8voqe9iOlxNQ_-OGAuadmwr_oeLi06Uw5_859208127_Nominations-Graphic-800x994.png 800w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/02\/1FAIpQLSdUjR-amwyVX5EFnXm89wpdJttmN4e2ZMY7-J8voqe9iOlxNQ_-OGAuadmwr_oeLi06Uw5_859208127_Nominations-Graphic-824x1024.png 824w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/02\/1FAIpQLSdUjR-amwyVX5EFnXm89wpdJttmN4e2ZMY7-J8voqe9iOlxNQ_-OGAuadmwr_oeLi06Uw5_859208127_Nominations-Graphic-1200x1492.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/02\/1FAIpQLSdUjR-amwyVX5EFnXm89wpdJttmN4e2ZMY7-J8voqe9iOlxNQ_-OGAuadmwr_oeLi06Uw5_859208127_Nominations-Graphic-1236x1536.png 1236w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/02\/1FAIpQLSdUjR-amwyVX5EFnXm89wpdJttmN4e2ZMY7-J8voqe9iOlxNQ_-OGAuadmwr_oeLi06Uw5_859208127_Nominations-Graphic-1320x1641.png 1320w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/02\/1FAIpQLSdUjR-amwyVX5EFnXm89wpdJttmN4e2ZMY7-J8voqe9iOlxNQ_-OGAuadmwr_oeLi06Uw5_859208127_Nominations-Graphic.png 1420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you know an alum, graduating student, faculty member, or community supporter who deserves recognition?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nominations are open for the 43rd Annual Alumni Awards Banquet on October 3, 2025. The deadline to submit nominations is April 1, so now&#8217;s your chance to send them in!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/griff.vn\/nominate\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">griff.vn\/nominate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to nominate our high-achieving Griffons!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Awards Include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Distinguished Alumni Award<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Distinguished Faculty Award<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Graduate of the Last Decade (GOLD) Award<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Great Griffon Awards<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">College of Liberal Arts<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">College of Business &amp; Professional Studies<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">College of Science &amp; Health<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Herb \u201935 and Peggy Iffert Award for Outstanding Service to the University<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Student Leadership Awards<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Graduating Senior of the Year<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clifford Hughes \u201955 Award<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Student of the Year<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Events All Majors Career &amp; Internship Fair Tuesday, March 25\u201310 a.m.-1 p.m.\u2013Fulkerson Center The Career Development Center is hosting the largest career event of the year. Students are invited to network and explore career opportunities in their field of study. Your students are encouraged to sign up for Handshake, a network designed specially for students [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":10007,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[418],"tags":[9,426,427],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9999"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9999"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10011,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9999\/revisions\/10011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/saem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}